Cinnamon Swirls

Name: Cinnamon Swirls
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon Spread the butter evenly over the dough; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon Spread the butter evenly over the dough; 100 g soft light brown sugar, plus extra for sprinkling; 75 g butter, softened, plus extra melted butter for greasing; 75 g butter, softened, plus extra melted butter for greasing; 1 batch of laminated dough

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

Who doesn’t love a cinnamon swirl? But make sure to use pure cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) from Sri Lanka or Mexico, not faux cinnamon or cassis (Cinnamomum cassia), which has a more acrid flavour. Powdered cinnamon is almost always adulterated, so for best results, grind and sieve your own.

Ingredients

1 batch of laminated dough
75 g butter, softened, plus extra melted butter for greasing<

Europe
Ireland
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Lightly flour the worktop. Roll the dough into a rectangle measuring approx. 20cm × 56cm. Brush away any excess flour.

Cream the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together until soft, light and spreadable.

With a palette knife, spread the soft cinnamon butter evenly over the dough, all the way to the edges. Roll tightly from the wide end like a Swiss roll. Cut in half, then quart